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Hello everyone! Wishing you fresh start of the week with this fresh manicure. I am Alpana, from blog www.alpsnailart.com. I will be your host for today's blog post. Oh, I am not hijacking Rose's blog! Lol. Then where is Rose?! Don't worry, she is right here with us, hosting a guest post on my blog. I know you are missing Rose, so you can see her post on my blog here: http://wp.me/p4Je69-sj.

In today's post I am sharing:

Drawing Landscape nail design without using brush

Scaled gradient technique with a twist and

Creative uses of nail vinyls.

I have combined Landscape nail design with scaled gradient. Yes, 2 different forms of nail art in one manicure. How? Read further to know the twist ;)

Recently when I was working on Simplynailogical's famous Scaled gradient technique for #nailthattechnique challenge, I got an idea in my mind. How about trying landscape design using same process as scaled gradient! I could immediately think of landscape drawings with Sky, mountains and water we used to draw as kids. Something like following landscape drawing image.

Taking the above landscape drawing as inspiration I started working on my landscape base using Snail Vinyls. Following is step by step tutorial for Landscape Nail design using Scaled gradient technique and Snail Nail Vinyls.

Step 3. Once the first layer is completely dry, stick on chevron nail vinyls and wave vinyls. Also stick scotch tapes above chevron vinyls and wave vinyls to cover up first layer of base.Note: Since I am using jelly blue polishes for water, I am sticking wave vinyls in the 3rd step itself. If you are using opaque blue color, you may add wave vinyl after completing step 3 and 4.

Step 4. Mountains and Grass: Apply thin lines of Dark brown, light brown and green nail colors on make up sponge. Sponge them in middle part of the nail creating gradient. Repeat coats till you achieve desired opacity.

Step 5. Remove the nail vinyls immediately. Apply quick dry top coat to even out gradient.

Step 6. Water: Apply light blue/ blue jelly polish on remaining 1/3rd part of nail. With the help of dotting tool, add a yellow dot in between mountains to draw Sun. Seal the design with Quick dry top coat.

Once the landscape base is ready you may add elements of your choice. I have added here, Dolphin sticker and some dry flowers to give it touch of spring.

If you are like me who love to see freehand landscape designs but not comfortable with brush on nails, then you should definitely try this method.

Last but not the least, Thank you Rose for allowing me to write for your readers. I hope you guys enjoyed reading this post as much I enjoyed preparing it. You may see more such nail art tutorials on my blog www.alpsnailart.. Feel free to follow me on social media like Facebook, Instagram, Bloglovin or Twitter for new post updates.

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Thank you so much Alps for coming up with such a beautiful mani. I love the how detailed the tutorial is, it definitely makes it feel do-able for any one to try out. Please be sure you visit Alps over on her blog www.alpsnailart she has a ton of tutorials and different nail art looks. Once again, you can check out the mani I created for her blog right over here: http://wp.me/p4Je69-sj.

I wish I could be more creative when I'm trying to figure out designs for myself and the girls nails. But since I can't be, I know where to come to get the best ideas and tips. Thanks so much for sharing, I would have never thought to do a landscape nail design.

Wow, these nails are definitely a work of art! I love the zig-zag design and the dolphin sticker - perfect shapes and finishing touches. :) I admit to not being nearly that talented, so I mainly play with glitter and sequins. Still, it's fun to see posts like these for both inspiration and admiration!

I commend you ladies that can paint scenes on your nails! The tutorial you provided was very helpful. Especially since I've never even attempted a manicure like this. Now I have a place to start when/if I ever try.